Gardener's Cottage, The Bush House, Bush Estate

Mid 19th century. Single storey Picturesque cottage with additional attic, porch and later extensions; irregular plan. Sandstone ashlar.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: M-gabled, right projecting, porch addition in re-entrant angle, heavy bargeboards, diamond quarry slit window; left gable 2-storey single bay, sliding cases, diamond quarry, door to left return; right gable, modern door, light above and flanking, slit window to right, sliding window in gable

N ELEVATION: earlier rubble gable end built up; twin 8-pane sash and case windows, ashlar surrounds; plain inset plaque in gablehead; bargeboards, finial; twin chimney pieces on rectangular plinth, square tops, mismatched cans.

S ELEVATION: later extension, bargeboards, door to left, 8-pane sash and case window to right; to left return 2-pane sash and case window, bipartite 8-pane sash and case, stone mullion, down pipes to left, chimney piece to right.

W ELEVATION: 1 ?-storey, 2-bay; ground floor earlier construction, twin 12-pane sash and case windows; dormers above, bargeboards, decorative finials, triple pane sliding case windows, diamond quarry; chimney stack to each gable; to left later extension, 12-pane sash and case window.

Unusual sliding casement windows with diamond quarry, double to front, triple to back. Piended slate roof with overhanging eaves, white bargeboards and rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.